by Jule Kucera | Nov 19, 2023 | Blog
When I’m at my mom’s for a week, that’s enough time for me to settle in and for good things to happen. These were three: 1. On Roxie’s morning and evening walks, we often saw deer. Most of the time, they saw us first and bolted into the woods, leaving a bobbing white...
by Jule Kucera | Nov 12, 2023 | Blog
[Note: This post from 2021 is repeated because it’s still relevant.] Thanksgiving? Or Takesgiving? It depends on your perspective. It depends on the story you tell yourself. If you tell yourself that Manifest Destiny is your divine right, that we are bringing...
by Jule Kucera | Nov 5, 2023 | Blog
My mom has become convinced that cherry tomatoes are not real tomatoes, but some genetically manufactured fake. I told her they’re just a different variety. She blew me off. I didn’t understand it. I’ve seen Mom eat cherry tomatoes. In our packaged dinners with their...
by Jule Kucera | Oct 29, 2023 | Blog
My brother Eric said he wanted to surprise his birth mother. He planned to knock on her door five to ten minutes after I got there. I didn’t know if a surprise visit was a good idea for a mother 82 years old, but it’s his birth mother and his decision. Eric and I...
by Jule Kucera | Oct 22, 2023 | Blog
On Sunday (today, if you are reading this on Sunday), I will visit my brother Eric’s birth mother. There are unnamable feelings, like an oil slick on water, or a Labrador of dog hair in my chest. I try to tease them apart, to understand, make sense. The only feeling I...
